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Welcome to Curated Conversations, a podcast that discusses issues related to diversity, inclusion and belonging. Join host Sheliza Jamal, founder of Curated Leadership, as she chats with guests from a variety of industries and walks of life about an array of DEI topics. Listen in each month as we dive into our guests' personal anecdotes and experiences, discuss breaking news, and explore the complex world of equity, diversity and inclusion.
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Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
In this episode, Jan Frolic and Jennifer Johnson, co-founders of Captains and Poets, share their passion for social emotional learning and discuss how it can help young people develop a positive sense of agency and self-discovery. They discuss the importance of bridging the gap between social emotional learning and equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging and how systemic change can be achieved by involving all stakeholders in supporting young people. Tune in to learn more about Captains and Poets' global impact on creating safer and more inclusive learning environments, and join us as we explore how self-awareness, creativity, vulnerability, and resilience can empower young people to be their best selves!
Want more from Captains and Poets? Find them on:
https://www.instagram.com/captainspoets/
https://www.facebook.com/CaptainsPoets
https://twitter.com/CaptainsPoets
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
Thursday Apr 06, 2023
In this episode, Dr. Ardavan Eizadirad and Dr. Njoki Wane tell us about the power of oral culture in education as they launch and discuss their recent co-edited book, “The Power of Oral Culture in Education: Theorizing Proverbs, idioms, and Folklore Tales.” Dr. Eizadirad and Dr. Wane remind us why oral culture, which is often about telling stories, is a powerful and innate tool for transmitting different ways of being and knowing and facilitating anti-racist and anti-colonial community-building. In this conversation, we delve into the limitations of colonial education and suggest ways to become more inclusive of oral cultures, including those of equity-deserving, and deaf and hard of hearing communities. Tune in as Dr. Eizadirad and Dr. Wane share their insights on storytelling, as well as their favourite proverbs and how these words of wisdom guide their activist and educational work.
Find the book here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-18537-3
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Want more of Dr. Ardavan Eizadirad? Find him at:
https://edication.org/
https://twitter.com/DrEizadirad
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ardavan-Eizadirad-2
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/ardavan-eizadirad-665b33229
Email him at aeizadirad@wlu.ca
Want more of Dr. Njoki Wane? Find her at:
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/njoki-wane-b692ba4https://www.facebook.com/njoki.wane
Email her at njokinathani@gmail.com or njoki.wane@utoronto.ca
Don't forget to check out Curated Leadership's free resource bank, and download our glossary of terms to gain more knowledge about the concepts discussed in this episode - and beyond! You can find the glossary here: https://curatedleadership.com/resources.
Monday Mar 06, 2023
Monday Mar 06, 2023
In this episode, we're joined by Eloise Tan, Ogho Ikhalo and Shelli Karamath as they bring together their diverse experiences as leaders and educators in the DEI space to talk about what radical self-love and healing mean for them.
We discuss how, in a society that often tries to define our worth for us, practicing self-love, recognizing the importance of healing and knowing your self-worth are deeply radical acts.
Dr. Eloise Tan is a leader with 15 years of experience working in the education research and policy space. She grounds her research, policy and co-design work in an anti-racist and anti-oppression framework and is on a journey to learning how to decolonize research and the policy development cycle. Currently, she is a Manager at the ESDC Innovation Lab where she leads an interdisciplinary team of researchers and design thinkers to co-create policy solutions with those that live on this land. Previously she was the Research Director at People for Education. She created Mama Stay Woke, a free and inclusive parenting group that centred social justice issues facing mothers. She has been a guest on CBC's The Current and Metro Morning, briefed the UN's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, guest lectured at the Maytree Foundation's Policy School and lectured at University of Toronto, McGill University, and Dublin City University. She holds a Ph.D. in Education from McGill University in Culture and Education and was previously awarded Best New Scholar in Qualitative Research from the Canadian Education Research Association. She is proud to serve on the board for the Jane Finch Centre.
Ogho Ikhalo is an experienced leader with more than 15 years of academic and professional experience. She has an extensive background as a strategic communicator, a diversity, equity and human rights specialist, and a social justice community advocate. Prior to her current role as Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Talent Acquisition at Hydro One, Ogho served as the Director of Women’s and Human Rights at the Ontario Federation of Labour.
Shelli Karamath (she/her) is an educator for liberation, equity and inclusion. She has been a Primary/Junior educator with the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) since 2008. Shelli recently completed her Master of Education in Social Justice Education at OISE, University of Toronto. Shelli currently teaches Grade 3/4 and enjoys learning with her students every day! She also teaches steel band, decolonizing music education, and leads the Equity Committee where she works with community partners towards making the school a more inclusive space. She is a professional musician of 30 years, a visual artist, and a world traveller.
Want to learn more about our podcast guests? Find them on:
https://www.instagram.com/mamastaywokeTO/
www.instagram.com/afrodisiacto/
https://www.instagram.com/elo_here
https://www.instagram.com/ogs7
https://www.instagram.com/msk.aramath
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/ogho-ikhalo
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/eloise-tan
https://shellikaramath.ca/
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Monday Feb 06, 2023
Dr. Arlo Kempf, a prominent scholar and educator in anti-racism, anti-colonialism, and critical Whiteness talks to us about the role White privilege plays in our educational system and how his background and relationship with schooling led him to study implicit race bias. He also shares strategies for how we can start to work toward dismantling White supremacy through meaningful allyship and action.
Dr. Arlo Kempf is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/UT), where he teaches in the areas of race and equity in education.
Follow Stand Up For Racial Justice Toronto and Justice for Children and Youth here:
https://www.instagram.com/surj_toronto/
Want to learn more about Arlo? Find him on:
https://utoronto.academia.edu/arlokempf
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/should-we-get-rid-of-standardized-testing-arlo-kempf
You can also e-mail him at: arlo.kempf@utoronto.ca
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
In this episode, Curated Leadership's founder and Executive Director, Sheliza Jamal, takes the hot seat to answer questions from our listeners, talk about what day-to-day entrepreneurship looks like, and debunk common misconceptions about DEI work. She delves into how her background as a theatre artist and educator eventually led her to curate unique experiences and apply them to the world of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Want to learn more about Sheliza? Find her on:
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/shelizajamal
https://twitter.com/ShelizaJamal
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Jothi Saldanha, founder of Jothi Creative Wellness, joins us to discuss curating a holistic wellness journey using various healing modalities. An artist educator, Jothi talks about her own journey as well as some of the obstacles and roadblocks faced by marginalized groups when pursuing their healing.
Want to learn more about Jothi? Find her at:
https://twitter.com/jothicreative
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUOUgVEUwhBEqJKV0KH7Mnw
Thursday Apr 14, 2022
Thursday Apr 14, 2022
Dr. Jamel Adkins-Sharif talks about the history of bias in the school system and how it manifests today.
Dr. Jamel Adkins-Sharif is Assistant Professor of Professional Practice at Rutgers University Graduate School of Education. Jamel holds an EdD in Urban Education, Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Massachusetts-Boston. Using critical and decolonial lenses, his research explores racial and social justice, leadership, and coloniality in schools. He also serves as the Boston Director for Eskolta School Research and Design, a nonprofit engaging in culturally sustaining school transformation. Jamel has had a successful career as a special education teacher of history and mathematics in New York City, and was founding principal of both an elementary charter and a district middle school in Massachusetts.
Learn more about Dr. Jamel at:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamel-adkins-sharif-edd-jd-0a470345/
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
Thursday Feb 17, 2022
On this episode, Dr. Naheed Dosani delves into palliative care for the houseless. He broadens the definition of homelessness, highlighting that it is a public health issue and is often caused by structural factors.
Dr. Dosani talks about the impact of COVID-19 on houseless communities and discusses how harm reduction in palliative care is a form of radical love and care.
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Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Phil Jang, founder of The Red Dot Project, talks about menstrual equity, the stigma around menstruation, and the intersectional aspects of menstruation that are so often left out of the conversation.
Want to learn about The Red Dot Project?
https://www.reddotprojecttoronto.org/
https://www.facebook.com/reddotprojecttoronto/
https://www.instagram.com/reddotprojecttoronto/
Curious about Phil Jang? Find him on:
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
17-year-old disability rights activist from New York, Isabel Mavrides-Calderon, talks about her experience with disability rights in the education system, ableism and misperceptions about disabled folks, and the disability justice movement.
Want to hear more about Isabel? Find her on:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/isabel-mavrides-calderon-283152217/
https://www.instagram.com/powerfullyisa/